Syllabus                                                           

. Introduction, emission, absorption, transfer equation         
        radiative diffusion vs. random walks, scattering.
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 1.1-1.5, 1.7,1.8
   [Hearnshaw for history]
. Source function, moments, 2-stream approx, Einstein coeffs.   
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 1.6, Chapter 2.
   [review Jackson, Mihalas]
. Saha, Boltzman equation, LTE & non; classical radiation from  
        accelerated charge; power in different Lorentz frames   
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 3, 4
. Bremsstrahlung emission, absorption;  intro to synchrotron    
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 5, 6.1-6.3
. Cyclotron, Synchrotron polarization, absorption & heating.    
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 6.4-6.9
   [Bekefi Chapt 6, Sokolov for more detail]
. Compton scattering, Induced Compton, Kompaneets equation      
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 7
   [Jauch & Rohrlich, Berestetskii et al. for K-N limit]
. Atomic structure, oscillator strength, semi-classical         
        transition probs, dipole approx.
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 9, 10.1, 10.2
   [Course 1 in Balian ed.]
. Selection rules, LS, jj, parity, terms,                       
        Forbidden radiation, Bound-free, Milne relations
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 10.3-10.5
  [Bethe & Salpeter for classic treatment]
. Recombination, dissociation, photoionization equilib.         
  [Courses 3,4 in Balian ed.]
. Interaction of radiation with small particles (dust)          
  [Bohren & Huffman, or P.G. Martin `Cosmic Dust']
. Line broadening -natural, doppler, Voigt profile,             
         collisional (pressure), Stark.
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 10.6
. Molecular spectroscopy: electronic, vibration, rotation       
        of diatomic, polyatomic. Selection rules, rates.
-  Read Rybicki & Lightman Chapt. 11